Becoming a Bilingual Family: Help Your Kids Learn Spanish (and Learn Spanish Yourself in the Process)
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| Rating | : | 4.38 (925 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0292743637 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 254 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-04-04 |
| Language | : | English |
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His children speak English, Spanish, and French. . About the Author Stephen Marks is Professor of Law at Boston University. He and his wife, Mary, have raised their three children, Olivia, Claire, and Saraí, to speak both English and Spanish. He and his family have traveled extensively and lived in Latin America and Spain.An advocate for bilingual-bicultural education with a professional career in languages spanning twenty-five years, Jeffrey Marks is Assistant Professor of Spanish at Ohio University. He has long been interested in language acq
It teaches the vocabulary and idioms for speaking to children in Spanish and offers practical, proven ways to create a language-learning environment at home.The first part of the book introduces parents to many resources—books, audio books, music, television, computer programs, childcare workers, school, and friends—that can help you establish a home environment conducive to the acquisition of Spanish. Becoming a Bilingual Family gives English-speaking parents the tools to start speaking Spanish with their kids in their earliest years, when children are most receptive to learning languages. The authors also include a quick course in Spanish pronunciation and enough grammar to get a parent started. Would you like your children to grow up bilingual, even if you aren'
"Excellent resource for learning Spanish as a family" according to Renee D'Antoni. "Becoming a Bilingual Family" is a great book, well-thought out and well presented. Kids will become fluent faster if they can speak Spanish at home, and this book will help non-Spanish speaking parents accomplish that. It's a huge help with practical, everyday, family-related conversation. Make it a game, and pretty soon you'll all lose your fear of speaking, and that's when you and your kids will start to m. Ellen Van Hensbergen said Indispensible Resource. Does everything it purports to do. I've found this book immeasurably helpful. Before I was given a copy, I was looking up useful phrases online, and it took FOREVER!(And I already knew a good amount of Spanish! There are a lot of phrases that are important for speaking w.kids -- and not so much on travel or business -- and they are not as often taught in class. Like, "Please flush the toilet!" Or, phrases per. ButterflySoulfire said Not much substance.. The idea behind this book is good but the execution is pretty poor. I wish that this book covered more verbs and phrases geared toward children under five. Using this book alone, it's impossible to even come close to becoming a bilingual family.
He and his family have traveled extensively and lived in Latin America and Spain.An advocate for bilingual-bicultural education with a professional career in languages spanning twenty-five years, Jeffrey Marks is Assistant Professor of Spanish at Ohio University. His children speak English, Spanish, and French. Stephen Marks is Professor of Law at Boston University. . He has long been interested in language acquisition and has taught children and young adults both in the United States